Official William Goodge TransAus World Record Thread, Perth to Sydney, 35 days, 68.5 miles a day

Is this the best racial stereotype you could come up with? F off you bigot. You should have proclaimed that whilst in Australia, so they could march you out with tail between the legs...but we know you are a bunch of cowards.

Is anyone able to answer this question?

This issue has been covered ad nauseam.

The questions to ask would be:

1) regarding the tracker. Is it always on etc?
2) how many unannounced people have run with Goodge?
3) how do these unannounced runners join in with the run
4) what did his HR data look like when these runner were with him? One of the most notable features of WC's visit is how much more accurate WG's heart rate data was (and it promptly collapsed again after he left). Indeed, Will's team during this run (unlike transcon) stopped blaming the tech and started talking about 'physiology', but that doesn't explain why his 'physiology' is completely inconsistent, nor why there's a pattern to the inconsistency (which seems to coincide with feats of increased ability which nobody is on hand to witness).

As for the 'how'?

He has a large team (including drones to film with), and he's clearly doing a lot of the running himself. I'd wager that if he's cheating there'll be a whole operation to it. They'll likely have some members of the team up ahead (or drones) and maybe behind Goodge for X miles to check the road is clear, then do whatever it is they're doing.

They'll then like have options for plausible deniability if it came down to it.

At the end of the day, this guy could offer to hand over all of his data files (watch, Whoop, etc) to an independent third party. He could even demand that Cockerell pay for the analysis if his sponsors refuse (why would they -- if the stuff is reliable as they say they should gladly pay for someone to scrutinize it), and Cockerell could figure out a way to raise the funds to do it. If his efforts were legitimate and valid, Goodge should be more than happy to erase any doubt by releasing the data. Goodge will never do it.

People other than Will C should take the lead on fundraising and coordinating the observation. It's too much for one person to take on. Let him focus on data analysis and media outreach.

The observation effort needs to be a team operation. Relying on one anonymous guy to be the boots on the ground is what got us kangaroo-gate. You don't beat a team of professional scam artists with one guy. Teamwork makes the dream work.

The challenge is these threads have shown Goodge supporters are here posing as Will C supporters. Nobody posting anonymously on this website can be trusted. We need someone who is publicly known and has a good reputation in the running community to take the lead on fundraising and coordinating the observation team. If such a person steps up, I will contribute to the crowdfunding campaign. I'm confident the money can be raised if the effort is led by someone who's well known and trusted in the running community.

Goodge ripping another dart to end his cancer awareness run, this guy sucks so hard

I didn't make it up, the Aboriginals were Cockerell's and GWH's idea

During the run, Goodge's father did say that Goodge would be willing to undergo scientific testing to prove the heart rate, so long as somebody funded it.

A run without controversy does not benefit Goodge. This is why there is never a reconciliation of whoop to coros. This is why there is no explanation for suspect data. Bad data can do nothing but produce sub standard analysis which in turn can never be used to disprove his claims. I can't imagine he cares about these records. He's still not on the official roster of US Transcon finishers.

That sounds a lot like Paula's frozen samples which seem to have magically disappeared.

I agree up to a point, as any publicity does seem to be good publicity in this age of incredibly gullible, incredibly loud and moronic Instagram fanboys.

But he does care about the records insofar as he clearly refers to himself as 'the fastest person to do x/y/z' etc when approaching podcasts and potential partners/promoters.

A much more likelier reason for him not releasing the exonerating data is that he can't... because it doesn't exist. Occam's razor and all that.

Agreed. Goodge's fateful move is going to end up having been his abandonment of the "tech fail" explanation of his Transcon data in favor of the "superior physiology and support" explanation.

The "tech fail" dodge was pretty much foolproof, because the tech does indeed occasionally fail, and the average runner knows this. It definitely does not fail as often as it would need to in order to lend Goodge's data any credibility, but the average fan (or Rich Roll for that matter!) is not going to pay attention long enough to register that fact.

But the "superior physiology and support" tack can easily be proven or falsified. The most damning thing Goodge could do is to not offer independent proof that he's a superior physical specimen. Failure to do this soon will massively increase the incentive of people to watch him more closely the next time he takes a running step. He's still got some outs in this regard (e.g. he could say that training or racing a marathon, or even an ultra, is completely different physiologically from multi-day running); but, if he can't show himself being able to run hundreds of 6-7min/kms over average terrain, in average conditions, at an average HR of 105, then his days of making money out of ultra running are over, AND, everything he claims to have done to that point will be seen in a different light, not just by actual runners, but by everyone who pays any attention to him, sponsors included.

After that, I don't care what new scams he moves on to. I just want him and his ilk out of running.

And finally, to the trolls, you have clearly underestimated the effect of exposing this guys data more broadly. It's still early, but this dude is now completely cornered. He's a complete lightweight and douchebag, so he will pretend otherwise to the bitter end; but, he has to know at this point that he's f*cked as far as future running grifts go.

All you'd need is a Vo2max...unless it was 75+ no way is that HR real.

We already know it’s not real because he intermittently (namely when people are running with him) produces normal HR data.

this person gets it

And yet you've watched every video of Goodge in existence